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Proclamation of 1763
It stopped the colonist from exploring and expanding westward. This was in response to a raid lead by Pontiac, the chief of the Ottawa tribe, so it was declared that the land was off-limits. They also told colonists already living in the territory of the Native Americans were to leave immediately. The other reason was because England was broke after fighting in the French and Indian War, so the had not money to send the military there and build forts, stations, post, etc. -
Sugar Act
It's other names are the Plantation Act and the Revenue Act. This act was meant to crack down on the smuggling trade of sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies. Mainly this act was was a reinvigorating of the Molasses Act of 1733, since the act proved largely ineffective. The Sugar Act provided strong customs enforcement of the duties on refined sugar and molasses that was being imported by non-British ships. -
Quartering Act
This act required the colonists to house British soldiers in barracks from said colonies. If the barracks were too small then locals were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualing houses, and the houses of sellers of wine. This law lead to the Boston Massacre because of disputes between the patriots and this act from Britain. -
Stamp Act
This act basically put taxes on any and every item that was made engrossed, printed, written on paper, parchment, etc. It even taxed a couple other things that weren't even made with paper. This act I think really shows Britain's desperateness for refilling the debt they were in. The colonists reaction to this act was that they were mad, because this act put tax on daily things they all needed and it was too much for them, if it had continued the colonies would also go broke -
Sons of Liberty
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Declatory act
This act accompanied the repeal of the Stamp saying that whatever was taxed in America will be taxed in Britain as well and vice versa. This act put into focus the unresolved question of what the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain. The Colonists didn't seem to have any problems with the new act, but underneath this actually put more power into the British hands. -
Townshend Acts
These acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists. Included new taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea, established an American Customs Board in Boston to collect taxes, set up new courts in America to prosecute smugglers (without using a local jury), gave British officials the right to search colonists' houses and businesses. -
Boston Masacre
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Committe of Correspondence
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Boston Tea Party
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Coercive or Intorelable Acts
Four measures enacted by the British Parliament, for punishment, in retaliation for acts of colonial defiance, together with the Quebec Act establishing a new administration for the territory ceded to Britain after the French and Indian War. This happened after the Boston Tea Party of 1773, and after this the path of the American Revolution had been set in stone. So in 1775 the American Revolution had officially started, which freed America from the British once and for all. -
British Parliament passes Boston Port Bill
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Quakers Petition
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Quatering Act
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Quebec Act
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Justice Act
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First Continental Congress
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Tea Act